Lexus ES 350h Exquisite vs Luxury: is the step up worth it?
Moving up costs you ₹5.70L ex-showroom Delhi on the same engine and gearbox: ₹71.80L for the Luxury against ₹66.10L for the Exquisite.+₹5.70L
The full story
Moving up costs you ₹5.70L ex-showroom Delhi on the same engine and gearbox: ₹71.80L for the Luxury against ₹66.10L for the Exquisite.
For that you get 360° camera, Mark Levinson premium sound system, ventilated front seats and head-up display, and 3 more.
Exquisite or Luxury, and what each costs
Where you start
Exquisite
₹66.10L ex-showroom Delhi
Where the new ES starts: the 2.5-litre self-charging hybrid, 19-inch wheels, a sunroof, a 14-inch screen, radar cruise and lane tracing. It does without the 360 camera, ventilated seats and head-up display.
- Exquisite Hybrid AT₹66.10L
The step up
Luxury
₹71.80L ex-showroom Delhi
Rs 5.70 lakh more adds the comfort the Exquisite leaves out: ventilated and heated front seats, a 360 camera, a head-up display, a wireless charger, 17-speaker Mark Levinson sound and a nanoe X air purifier.
- Luxury Hybrid AT₹71.80L
Our take
What Exquisite to Luxury costs on the road
What you pay for this step depends on where you register it: ₹6,09,900 to ₹7,01,100 on the road, against the ₹5,70,000 the price list shows.
Why the road figure moves, and by how much
Road tax is charged on what the car costs, so moving up a trim moves the tax up with it. The ₹5,70,000 is the distance between two price tags; the road figures add the tax and the charges that difference attracts.
The rate is your state's to choose, and they do not choose alike, so this one step is worth ₹91,200 more in one place than in another. Of the 25 states we can price this step in, Gujarat, Arunachal Pradesh and Mizoram are level at the lowest, and Kerala comes out highest.
Only the rate where the car is registered applies to you, so hold a dealer's quote against your own state's figure rather than the range. The range is still worth knowing: it is why two owners can quote this step to each other, differ by ₹91,200, and both be right.
What the Luxury adds
- 360° camera
- Speakers10 → 17
- Premium sound systemMark Levinson
- Ventilated front seats
- Wireless phone charger
- Head-up display
- Air purifier
The working behind our take
Here is everything that fed that read.
The full story
₹5.70L more gets you 360° camera, Mark Levinson premium sound system and ventilated front seats on the ES 350h Luxury. The useful extras on top: speakers (17 against 10) and wireless phone charger. Fair if those top your list, easy to skip if not.
- Also on the ES 350h Luxury: head-up display, and some minor trim beyond that
Exquisite vs Luxury: the questions people ask
- Is the Lexus ES 350h Luxury worth ₹5.70L over the Exquisite?
- For ₹5.70L you get 360° camera and Mark Levinson premium sound system, on top of 5 other things the Exquisite goes without.
- What does the Lexus ES 350h Luxury have that the Exquisite does not?
- It adds 360° camera, Mark Levinson premium sound system, ventilated front seats, head-up display, speakers (17 against 10) and wireless phone charger, and 1 more.
- How much is the Lexus ES 350h Exquisite?
- ₹66.10L ex-showroom Delhi, and it is sold one way only: the Exquisite Hybrid AT.
- How much is the Lexus ES 350h Luxury?
- ₹71.80L ex-showroom Delhi, and it is sold one way only: the Luxury Hybrid AT.
- What does the step from the ES 350h Exquisite to the Luxury cost on the road?
- What you pay for this step depends on where you register it: ₹6,09,900 to ₹7,01,100 on the road, against the ₹5,70,000 the price list shows. Road tax is charged on what the car costs, so moving up a trim moves the tax up with it. The ₹5,70,000 is the distance between two price tags; the road figures add the tax and the charges that difference attracts. The rate is your state's to choose, and they do not choose alike, so this one step is worth ₹91,200 more in one place than in another. Of the 25 states we can price this step in, Gujarat, Arunachal Pradesh and Mizoram are level at the lowest, and Kerala comes out highest. Only the rate where the car is registered applies to you, so hold a dealer's quote against your own state's figure rather than the range. The range is still worth knowing: it is why two owners can quote this step to each other, differ by ₹91,200, and both be right.
Prices are ex-showroom Delhi and features follow each maker's official material. Data last updated 9 October 2026. Verify current prices and features with a dealer before buying.